Capillary electrophoresis and

CE/MS. capillary electrophoresis and mass spectrometry used as a combined technique... 

Polymers have come a long way from parkesine, celluloid and bakelite they have become functional as well as structural materials. Indeed, they have become both at the same time one novel use for polymers depends upon precision micro-embossing of polymers, with precise pressure and temperature control, for replicating electronic chips containing microchannels for capillary electrophoresis and for microfluidics devices or micro-optical components. 

Figure 5.54 Structures of Praziquantel and its metabolites, cis- and fraw5-4-hydroxy-praziquantel. Reprinted from 7. Chromatogr., B, 708, Lerch, C. and Blaschke, G., Investigation of the stereoselective metabolism of Praziquantel after incubation with rat liver microsomes by capillary electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry , 267-275, Copyright (1998), with permission from Elsevier Science.

The need to develop new materials for electrophoretic analysis and macromolecular separations prompted by the needs of the human genome project and the rapidly advancing fields associated with biotechnology, advances in the development of new analytical instrumentation—especially capillary electrophoresis, and practical limitations of the media currently used for gel electrophoresis [73]... 

A. Polymer solntions (nsed in capillary electrophoresis and slab electrophoresis)... 

Royle, L. et al., A new method for the identification and quantification of class IV caramels using capillary electrophoresis and its application to soft drinks, J. Sci. Food Agric., 76, 579, 1998. 

Pusecker K, J Schewitz, P Gfrorer, L-H Tseng, K Albert, E Bayer (1998) On-line coupling of capillary electrochromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and capillary HPLC with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Anal Chem 70 3280-3285. 

R.T. Kennedy (ed.), Special Issue on Capillary Electrophoresis and Capillary Electrochromatography, in Analyst 123 (7) (1998). 

This book is organized into five sections (1) Theory, (2) Columns, Instrumentation, and Methods, (3) Life Science Applications, (4) Multidimensional Separations Using Capillary Electrophoresis, and (5) Industrial Applications. The first section covers theoretical topics including a theory overview chapter (Chapter 2), which deals with peak capacity, resolution, sampling, peak overlap, and other issues that have evolved the present level of understanding of multidimensional separation science. Two issues, however, are presented in more detail, and these are the effects of correlation on peak capacity (Chapter 3) and the use of sophisticated Fourier analysis methods for component estimation (Chapter 4). Chapter 11 also discusses a new approach to evaluating correlation and peak capacity. 

Schure, M.R. (1999). Limit of detection, dilution factors, and technique compatibility in multidimensional chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and field-flow fractionation. Anal. Chem. 71, 1645-1657. 

Heinig, K., Vogt, C., Werner, G. (1998). Separation of nonionic surfactants by capillary electrophoresis and high-performance liquid chromatography. Anal. Chem. 70(9), 1885-1892. 

Most of the reported methods of analysis of valproic acid and its sodium salt in biological fluids rely on the use of chromatography, especially gas chromatography, although high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is also reported. Other methods, such as flow injection analysis, enzyme-immunoassay, fluorescence-polarization capillary electrophoresis, and potentiometry are sometimes used. The reported methods can be classified as follows. 

Valproic acid has been determined in human serum using capillary electrophoresis and indirect laser induced fluorescence detection [26], The extract is injected at 75 mbar for 0.05 min onto a capillary column (74.4 cm x 50 pm i.d., effective length 56.2 cm). The optimized buffer 2.5 mM borate/phosphate of pH 8.4 with 6 pL fluorescein to generate the background signal. Separation was carried out at 30 kV and indirect fluorescence detection was achieved at 488/529 nm. A linear calibration was found in the range 4.5 144 pg/mL (0 = 0.9947) and detection and quantitation limits were 0.9 and 3.0 pg/mL. Polonski et al. [27] described a capillary isotache-phoresis method for sodium valproate in blood. The sample was injected into a column of an EKI 02 instrument for separation. The instrument incorporated a conductimetric detector. The mobile phase was 0.01 M histidine containing 0.1% methylhydroxycellulose at pH 5.5. The detection limit was 2 pg/mL. 

Various new methods such as capillary electrophoresis and reversed-phase HPLC have been used to characterise glutenin subunits. These... 

Figure 3.12 Metabolic profiling by capillary electrophoresis, (a) Comparative carbohydrate profiles of M. truncatula tissue obtained using 4-aminobenzonitrile derivatization, capillary electrophoresis with a 150 mM borate buffer, pH = 9, and on-column UV detection at 214 nm. (b) Anion profile from M. truncatula using capillary electrophoresis and indirect UV detection. The separation buffer was 5 mM K2C1O4, 1% Waters OFM-Anion BT, pH 8.0.

EL RASSI, Z., Recent developments in capillary electrophoresis and capillary electrochromatography of carbohydrate species, Electrophoresis, 1999, 20, 3134-3144. 

What is capillary electrophoresis and what advantages does it have over other conventional electrophoresis techniques. 

Many of the more established techniques have been validated through collaborative studies which becomes of greater importance as laboratories seek to become accredited via ISO, EN or related systems where the use of official or well validated methods is mandatory. New instrumental techniques are constantly being reported in the literature but it often requires many years before procedures are introduced, validated and then applied within the food industry. Recent techniques that can be included in this category are capillary electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). In time procedures based on these techniques will also become accepted as routine methods and are likely to be adopted by some of the official international bodies like the AOAC International, CEN, ISO, etc. 

A. Conneely, W.F. Smyth and G. McMullan, Study of the white-rot fungal degradation of selected phtalocyanine dyes by capillary electrophoresis and liquid chromatography. Anal. 

K. Kalghatgi and C. Horvath, Micropellicular sorbents for rapid reversed-phase chromatography of proteins and peptides, in Analytical Biotechnology, Capillary Electrophoresis, and Chromatography, C. Horvath and J.G. Nikelly (Eds.), American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 1990, p. 162. 

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